︎ Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross is a writer based in Vancouver, the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Her fiction, poetry, essays, and art criticism have appeared in BOMB , Mousse , Fence , C Magazine , Kijiji, and elsewhere, and her chapbooks include Mayonnaise and Drawings on Yellow Paper (with Katie Lyle). She publishes books by emerging artists and writers under the small press Blank Cheque , and is currently at work on a novel and a collection of short stories.
Contact: jacquelynzross {at} gmail {dot} com
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Selected Writing
2022 Poems written to accompany Umico Niwa’s exhibition, Neighbourly Pest , at Tilling, Montréal
Exhibition text for Gabi Dao & geetha thurairajah at Centre Clark, Montréal
2021
Short story for Minority Vibration, a special issue of The Puritan , guest-edited by Sheung-King
Poetic response to Mira Dayal’s artist book, Hair Biography , for the ee!
Catalogue essay to accompany the exhibition Unfixed: Laurie Kang and Chris Curreri at Gordon Smith Gallery, North Vancouver
2020
Short story for the group exhibition The Pandemic is a Portal at SFU Galleries, Vancouver
Fictional accompaniment to Erdem Taşdelen's public billboard project, Vicissitudes , at Mercer Union, Toronto
2019
Essay on the kind of art that is suspiciously easy to digest for Mousse
~ Lizzie’s Laborufluvs Short story for the exhibition Disputed Bodies at Trinity Square Video, Toronto
~ Death Wish
A not-too dark letter for Agony Klub’s ongoing “death wish” series, modelled after Mike Kelley’s art school entrance letter ~ Four Poems
Light text accoutrements for Sorry, I’m Busy , an exhibition of Capricorn artists at Support Projects, London, Ontario
2018 ~ A Brief History of Feeling
Flash fiction for BOMB Magazine
~ "Wanted: Abject Dreamers for New Study of the Inner Ear $15/hr" A Kijiji ad for please teach me how to swim , an online project organized by Untitled Art Society, Calgary
~ The Picture Files Flash fiction for the online publication Anna Hawkins: Fall Fell Felt at Untitled Art Society, Calgary
~ R.O.Y.G.B.I.V. A poem in Fence
2017
~ Twelve Forecasts More flash fiction for BOMB Magazine ~ How to Look at an Image, or a Black Hole
Essay accompanying the exhibition Semblance & Shadows Like Anxiety by Liza Eurich and Colin Miner at Stride Gallery, Calgary
~ Obliteration Ritual for Katie Lyle
Fictional portrait for Katie Lyle’s exhibition Why Do I Hear the Ocean in My Ear? at The Loon, Toronto
~ Origin Story for Franz Kaka Fiction for a night of readings at Franz Kaka Gallery, Toronto
2016
~ Strange New Health
Fiction for the exhibition Strange New Health by Yi Xin Tong at Katzman Contemporary, Toronto ~ How To Tame A Fly, or: Some Unsolicited Commentary on Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon’s ‘A
Space for Looking is a Space for Listening’ Exhibition review for Charcuterie
~ Ieva Miseviciute: Character Studies of Primeval Life Forms Artist feature for Mousse
~ Everybody’s Talking about Bone Broth Essay for Laugh Magazine , RCA London
~ Allison Hrabluik: The Splits Exhibition review for C Magazine
~ East Georgia’s Shameless Loiterers Poem for the Somewhat Urgent Series, edited by Steffanie Ling
~ Mystery Dust An essay on the work of Liz Magor for The Capilano Review ’s digital chapbook series ti-TCR ~ I Just Want To Talk About How I Just Want To Dance With You
A series of pamphlets on dance and criticism organized by Alexa Mardon and Brynn McNab at Unit/Pitt Projects, Vancouver
~ Hygiene Tricks & The People At Schick Review of the exhibition Hypnic Jerk by Kara Hansen for The Bartleby Review
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